We will play hard for a series and then somebody decides to back down. The coaches yell at us when this happens, but there has to come a time when we as players take care of this ourselves because of the leadership from among ourselves.
You try not to play different, but there`s something subconsciously as a team when you know somebody is back there like we had in Buffalo with Hasek. You`re going to make mistakes and a goalie like Nik can cover them up.
We had high expectations. August exceeded even our own high expectations.
To have a goalie that you know is proven and is going to do as good a job as anyone in the league doesn`t just help keep pucks out of the net, it changes the attitude of the team,
We`re not stealing market share from the Williamsburg area. We`re going to steal from Virginia Beach, as people drive down 64.
We can`t tell you all our secrets, but we`re looking forward to the deploy of Hubble and if we have a chance to say hello to our families, we`ll definitely take advantage of that,
Let the record show that John has a smile on his face that goes from one ear to the other, and we haven`t been able to remove it yet,
John`s been humbled, ... He knows what`s best for the team now. Last year, his best relationship was with Coach (Gary) Crowton. They were the only ones, you know, on the right page. This year, it`s different. He`s more calm and confident. And that comes with great coaching. His relationship with other players is better. He`s more genuine. Before, he stressed out a lot. Now, he knows it`s not all on him.
He`s always doing stuff like that in practice. I knew he was going to get the ball to me. He told me when we were in the huddle that he was going to hit me.
We took a couple of penalties that we didn`t need to take. Hockey is a game of mistakes and in order for us to be successful we just have to limit those.